Man, I just love how much of a non-hassle socket 939 is to put together. I didn't even have to use a screwdriver for the heatsink. It was SO easy to put on. I'm NOT going to miss the ol' Barton one bit.

I was also really surpised at the amount of mass that processor had. It was a heavy little guy.

People have complained about SATA1 and 2 being way too close to the AGP slot. I don't think it's too bad, when/if I end up using them, the cables will be like RIGHT there on my 6800, but it's not like it's going to kill anything/anyone.

And if I happened to pick up another 2 sticks of the same memory and threw them in, thanks to the Venice core, the RAM would work at DDR400 without any adjustment needed, correct? It has nothing to do with the board at all...as long as the board can support the additional memory (which it can), all speed related stuff is dependant on what the CPU can do, right?

I've got this motherboard as well. Got the mini-heatsinks, and put them where the instructions said - those small chips just to the north of the socket. Don't know if they do anything, but they look darn cool.
Love this motherboard. First computer I put together myself, and how impressed I was with just how easy this was. The only problem was that I went for a cheap case and ended up with not enough spacers for the motherboard. Thankfully, the store I bought it from were good about it, and gave me the extras.